The company, which was helped by its acquisition of certain businesses from Orange Glo International in 2006, also reaffirmed its full-year profit outlook.

Church & Dwight, which competes with Procter & Gamble (PG.N), Clorox (CLX.N) and Colgate-Palmolive (CL.N), said domestic consumer sales in the first quarter benefited from February price increases on condoms and baking soda.

The company, which makes Trojan condoms, Arm & Hammer baking soda and SpinBrush battery-powered toothbrushes, posted first- quarter earnings of $56.2 million, or 81 cents a share, up from $45.1 million, or 66 cents a share, a year earlier.

Analysts on average had expected the Princeton, New Jersey-based company to earn 73 cents a share, before special items, according to Reuters Estimates.